Falun Gong Practitioners Jin Minghao and Wife in Yilan Brainwashing Centre

Mr. Jin Minghao and Ms. Zheng Yinyue are in their 30s and both of Korean ethnic origin. At approximately 4:00 a.m. on October 25th, Mr. Jin was leaving home to pick up their child when he was ambushed by six policemen from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). He called out for help as they attacked him. His mother came out and witnessed the officers beating him. When she put her arms around him to protect him, they beat her, too. They then ransacked his home and confiscated his computer.

The family later got a call from the 610 Office, notifying them to bring clothes to Mr. Jin the next day. On October 26, his wife and mother went to the 610 Office and asked them to release Mr. Jin. The 610 Office staff then proceeded to arrest his wife, claiming that she also practised Falun Gong. The couple is being held in the Yilan Brainwashing Centre.

This couple has been arrested numerous times over the last decade. Mr. Jin was forced into homelessness for over ten years.

On March 31st, 2004, Mr. Jin and Ms. Zheng jumped from the fourth floor to escape arrest. Mr. Jin escaped, but Ms. Zheng was seriously injured and taken to a hospital. She was released sometime later.

In September 2009 when Mr. Jin and another practitioner, Mr. Pu, were arrested and tortured, they lost consciousness several times.